hispanic heritage month

A facsimile of Nicolás Heredia y Mota’s poem “La bandera americana,” courtesy of Edgar Peguero y Heredia.

poet laureate fellow

chancellor interviews

Congratulations to 2024 Poet Laureate Fellow Emily Schulten on the publication of Easy Victims to the Charitable Deceptions of Nostalgia (White Pine Press, 2024). Read poems from the book:

“Murmuration”
“The Poem I Can’t Write”
“Motels We Stay in While Trying to Get Pregnant”

I thought daily about the underground life of poetry, about formal experimentation, our inner and visionary worlds


Read an interview with former Academy Chancellor Brenda Hillman in which she reflects on her time serving the Academy and the community.

pick of the week

Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss, Jane Huffman, and Molly Akin will read at the Emily Dickinson Museum’s Tell It Slant Poetry Festival on September 26. Free online reading. Register in advance. (Sponsored)

Don’t miss this celebration of the life and work of former Academy Chancellor Louise Glück at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 157 Montague St., Brooklyn, NY.

Sun., Sept. 22, 5:00–6:30 p.m. ET

Free, limited seating

Symphony Space celebrates the ten-year anniversary of Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award–winning memoir-in-verse, Brown Girl Dreaming. In conversation with Roxane Gay, with readings from Marley Dias, Montego Glover, and Nicole Ari Parker! Music by Toshi Reagon. MORE INFO.